DOJ INDICTMENTS. DOJ. “Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions, and related offenses, during the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and thereafter.”

FL: PUSH FOR REPEAL. FP. “Though it has failed multiple times over the years, the push to repeal public campaign finance is back for 2020.”

NY: DONOR WORRY. GTH. “Cuomo and the Democratically-controlled legislature created a Public Campaign Financing Commission to diminish the role of large donors in political campaigns. The commission made its final recommendations this week. They include creating a new system that pays candidates up to 12 times the amount they raise in small campaign donations and capping the maximum donations.”

NY: THIRD PARTY SLAM. NYDN. “The Working Families Party isn’t about to throw in the towel. The union-fueled third party says measures meant to boot minor parties from the ballot in New York will only embolden progressives and could spell trouble for Gov. Cuomo.”

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